Can I get to use the radio telescope?
Yes. First go to the linked sites below for technical details and a downloadable information package, then submit a brief proposal for your observations or any enquiries via email to Greg: here. There is no charge for running small jobs on the SRT, as long as you write the script for us to run.
The usual form of submitting a job for the SRT is in the form of a 'command' file (text script) such as below:
: freq 1415 2 : Sun : offset -15 0 : noisecal : Sun : record sunoffsettest.rad : offset -5 0 : offset -4 0 : offset -3 0 : offset -2 0 : offset -1 0 : offset 0 0 : offset 1 0 : offset 2 0 : offset 3 0 : offset 4 0 : offset 5 0 : offset 0 5 : offset 0 4 : offset 0 3 : offset 0 2 : offset 0 1 : offset 0 0 : offset 0 -1 : offset 0 -2 : offset 0 -3 : offset 0 -4 : offset 0 -5 : roff
We then email the output file back to you when the job is finished.
The output file for the above command script looks like this:
2008:070:01:39:30 11.3 59.3 -5.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 8.3 10.5 18.1 37.1 72.0 125.3 189.3 263.0 381.4 391.9 379.4 382.5 388.2 382.8 389.0 357.8 398.2 375.6 390.0 379.0 387.2 390.8 380.2 357.7 391.9 388.5 385.4 385.0 388.6 380.3 368.6 387.0 386.8 378.6 374.8 379.7 378.8 378.6 378.5 386.8 353.4 384.8 387.1 391.0 380.2 388.4 378.9 395.2 392.7 357.8 358.9 353.8 382.8 374.9 372.4 390.7 385.5 237.3 184.9 122.5 69.6 36.5 18.1 10.3 2008:070:01:39:37 12.4 59.3 -4.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 9.4 11.6 20.5 42.3 83.4 125.5 220.3 292.5 443.6 449.1 442.2 438.3 440.0 446.0 446.2 445.5 445.3 437.8 439.5 434.7 448.3 451.3 449.9 440.3 441.1 435.0 435.1 442.9 434.3 445.6 442.9 433.9 444.2 430.0 435.5 435.3 439.0 429.2 443.3 444.3 410.0 451.0 437.2 434.1 433.0 456.9 445.8 431.5 440.2 426.7 441.0 442.3 426.0 420.3 432.6 418.0 409.8 290.1 212.2 125.5 78.4 41.3 20.3 11.4 2008:070:01:39:43 13.2 59.3 -3.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 10.5 13.1 23.4 47.4 92.1 160.2 237.3 329.6 478.0 475.7 472.6 488.4 455.3 499.8 483.5 472.8 490.9 494.3 484.9 492.7 484.4 494.5 502.8 485.2 492.6 456.4 485.8 483.9 483.9 480.6 485.6 482.2 460.8 486.4 486.3 470.5 484.7 477.9 475.7 496.9 475.6 484.4 482.9 463.6 480.8 450.5 490.8 480.7 464.7 480.6 486.6 480.5 492.4 446.1 476.0 483.8 485.7 328.1 242.5 150.2 91.5 44.3 22.5 13.3 2008:070:01:39:49 14.3 59.3 -2.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 11.1 14.0 24.4 48.7 97.6 161.1 258.5 357.8 518.7 524.8 515.1 510.8 510.5 515.9 517.1 504.6 515.7 518.0 504.7 505.1 511.7 516.9 511.9 521.9 513.9 522.4 508.0 492.6 522.9 518.8 505.5 539.3 511.0 512.0 504.2 528.5 525.6 521.6 500.2 521.7 529.6 516.6 506.1 508.3 502.0 505.1 511.7 497.5 508.9 504.6 509.9 518.2 504.9 500.2 517.1 511.3 513.3 341.9 248.6 160.4 94.5 50.6 23.8 14.0 2008:070:01:39:57 15.1 59.3 -1.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 11.4 14.4 24.4 49.3 95.0 166.3 266.8 361.3 536.7 514.9 514.5 539.5 516.3 535.2 527.7 521.6 521.0 515.2 525.6 527.1 519.2 527.7 523.3 520.1 534.2 507.0 503.3 520.7 516.5 531.6 509.6 523.9 519.5 524.3 505.5 519.4 518.8 515.9 513.3 515.3 523.6 519.0 512.8 503.9 511.3 538.2 504.7 509.4 517.9 510.4 509.3 514.4 519.1 503.0 503.7 517.8 507.2 359.8 264.8 163.9 96.3 47.8 24.9 14.0 2008:070:01:40:04 16.2 59.3 0.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 11.8 14.8 26.0 53.9 104.8 176.6 284.4 388.4 565.9 566.9 538.3 563.2 553.4 561.5 583.8 567.7 567.5 549.3 571.7 564.2 559.2 567.6 553.0 560.6 564.7 562.0 553.0 545.9 571.8 577.6 546.9 566.9 552.1 557.3 573.0 550.5 556.0 545.9 554.9 559.1 559.2 529.5 559.7 569.5 556.9 567.0 559.7 564.9 544.8 558.3 569.6 551.6 560.3 559.0 567.5 546.7 541.0 386.2 271.3 181.0 101.3 52.0 25.5 14.6 2008:070:01:40:11 17.0 59.3 1.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 11.8 14.8 25.5 52.8 101.7 181.2 283.1 384.6 554.1 568.3 567.5 575.6 554.1 566.2 556.0 564.1 557.8 571.4 559.3 567.2 550.6 569.3 559.5 555.5 547.0 574.1 558.1 559.2 544.8 541.1 545.6 558.0 554.9 545.6 540.3 559.3 544.8 552.6 565.7 567.8 552.8 563.8 563.3 567.3 551.5 559.5 547.6 553.4 553.4 541.7 573.0 557.5 537.5 543.3 540.0 533.4 556.1 375.5 278.1 174.0 100.6 52.0 26.2 14.8 2008:070:01:40:18 18.1 59.3 2.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 11.8 14.6 25.8 53.3 101.9 176.2 280.5 378.3 549.0 555.9 564.7 564.0 548.9 554.7 562.2 529.6 563.7 540.1 555.0 564.6 542.6 565.4 561.1 555.5 549.4 548.8 559.5 553.2 552.9 545.3 560.6 548.6 564.7 556.7 552.9 561.2 546.6 534.9 545.8 548.8 523.1 529.5 550.1 521.1 557.9 546.9 548.6 555.2 555.8 529.6 538.7 545.8 543.7 546.1 550.5 556.6 544.3 379.6 262.4 174.2 99.5 52.0 25.8 15.1 2008:070:01:40:24 18.9 59.3 3.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 11.4 14.4 24.9 50.6 99.3 168.3 267.2 357.1 537.2 533.6 525.6 543.5 517.0 535.2 530.1 510.6 525.0 507.0 528.8 514.1 515.6 510.8 525.8 517.0 532.0 525.0 530.6 521.4 524.6 528.3 526.6 520.0 530.2 519.8 505.5 535.0 525.2 516.2 509.3 534.3 520.5 529.5 522.9 526.4 517.5 505.1 504.7 519.3 521.0 522.5 526.5 522.4 510.5 500.2 532.0 525.0 529.5 356.3 237.3 165.5 94.7 49.3 24.7 14.2 2008:070:01:40:31 20.0 59.3 4.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 10.3 12.7 22.0 45.6 69.6 151.5 236.0 325.7 472.3 478.8 478.1 467.2 467.8 470.8 466.8 472.4 459.2 479.4 485.9 486.3 478.2 464.7 484.9 472.3 465.5 490.0 484.7 478.7 479.3 471.8 450.8 484.0 460.8 465.5 450.8 482.5 468.7 462.5 466.8 462.5 466.6 478.1 463.1 473.3 464.8 478.2 476.1 467.3 470.2 482.0 457.9 465.9 483.8 446.1 472.4 466.7 460.3 314.6 233.6 148.0 69.6 44.8 22.0 12.7 2008:070:01:40:37 20.8 59.3 5.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 9.2 11.4 20.3 40.4 78.8 138.2 210.9 300.6 409.8 429.9 423.9 430.5 426.4 434.5 420.6 416.0 432.1 438.0 425.8 425.7 424.3 433.0 419.7 426.0 410.0 429.0 431.7 430.4 425.1 435.7 436.1 423.9 404.9 434.1 425.2 421.9 427.6 422.3 421.1 431.1 423.7 419.0 420.4 408.4 401.0 438.5 423.0 400.4 432.5 420.9 418.4 410.4 400.1 426.7 423.4 427.5 421.6 282.9 206.1 136.0 75.7 40.2 19.9 11.4 2008:070:01:40:55 15.7 64.3 0.0 5.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 4.8 5.9 10.5 20.5 38.4 69.0 104.8 146.7 213.2 211.4 213.8 213.6 210.7 213.5 211.0 214.4 215.1 209.8 211.3 201.0 207.3 182.9 209.0 213.4 212.2 209.7 208.8 217.5 207.9 208.6 212.7 213.9 213.7 210.2 207.8 210.5 209.6 206.5 207.7 207.8 211.3 209.2 185.5 210.2 212.3 213.0 207.5 206.8 204.7 208.8 210.3 210.6 211.1 206.5 203.8 187.3 211.2 139.1 104.3 68.1 38.0 19.9 10.0 5.9 2008:070:01:41:08 15.5 63.3 0.0 4.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 6.3 8.1 13.8 27.7 53.9 93.4 146.7 194.1 278.6 297.4 290.4 293.1 294.6 296.0 292.2 299.2 297.6 294.9 294.0 293.0 293.3 288.2 295.6 289.3 289.1 291.9 295.2 279.5 278.9 284.2 280.6 290.5 287.7 295.9 290.7 287.1 282.5 279.5 288.2 285.0 282.9 284.3 284.2 288.6 283.4 281.3 289.1 285.4 293.9 278.8 295.6 287.6 282.1 291.2 298.1 284.8 287.3 181.4 125.5 92.1 53.3 27.5 13.8 7.6 2008:070:01:41:15 15.5 62.3 0.0 3.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 8.5 10.5 19.0 36.7 72.7 125.5 181.4 271.8 396.2 393.4 387.7 380.0 391.7 390.7 383.6 387.8 381.7 385.3 390.8 386.9 397.5 380.0 399.9 383.9 396.1 388.1 387.8 389.8 396.9 386.0 388.7 382.5 395.6 388.3 379.9 393.1 389.0 383.8 388.2 367.1 386.6 384.3 389.4 391.7 381.3 393.9 383.8 396.1 377.1 395.4 389.9 396.9 402.4 397.1 387.9 360.3 384.2 267.4 194.5 121.8 69.9 35.8 18.3 10.5 2008:070:01:41:24 15.5 61.3 0.0 2.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 10.5 13.3 22.9 47.2 91.9 162.0 246.9 338.1 475.4 475.7 504.3 495.8 488.7 495.6 509.9 496.8 502.1 511.1 499.6 492.1 496.3 464.7 497.7 496.0 491.3 506.4 493.8 492.6 497.2 481.5 495.5 493.7 486.1 487.5 494.6 493.2 491.6 491.8 495.7 484.8 491.8 504.3 485.2 487.6 487.9 502.3 488.3 483.3 500.1 472.4 499.4 502.4 484.6 497.7 490.5 475.7 487.7 336.2 242.1 154.1 69.6 45.6 22.5 13.1 2008:070:01:41:33 15.3 60.4 0.0 1.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 12.2 15.3 26.9 53.5 106.3 186.2 284.4 389.0 583.8 582.3 558.1 554.3 595.5 581.2 571.9 596.1 571.2 570.5 567.8 569.1 570.0 583.6 568.2 586.1 592.8 571.7 577.9 577.6 571.8 582.8 583.4 569.0 581.3 572.9 560.2 577.4 570.1 575.7 554.3 578.6 579.5 566.9 562.9 575.5 592.5 587.5 559.3 566.2 558.9 578.2 573.2 567.5 577.4 554.3 568.3 566.5 541.0 399.5 276.6 183.2 106.1 52.4 27.3 15.3 2008:070:01:41:42 15.3 59.4 0.0 0.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 13.1 16.4 13.8 58.3 115.7 181.4 304.1 404.9 606.6 591.0 617.3 608.4 609.5 631.4 622.8 610.0 628.4 602.0 610.7 614.6 614.8 616.2 634.3 586.8 602.9 618.6 617.7 609.0 597.9 614.9 595.4 601.8 623.2 610.9 614.8 604.2 594.8 603.4 596.7 610.8 602.0 614.3 585.6 607.6 600.5 611.6 613.0 601.6 606.9 614.4 593.9 608.2 612.1 596.6 586.0 614.9 604.3 404.9 295.1 189.9 108.9 57.2 27.7 16.2 2008:070:01:41:49 15.3 58.3 0.0 -1.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 12.2 15.3 27.3 54.1 107.4 182.1 286.0 395.3 572.3 570.3 558.1 583.7 569.6 572.1 562.5 578.2 582.6 564.2 562.9 565.5 567.0 560.7 582.7 576.3 570.2 588.3 554.3 576.1 588.4 550.5 560.2 580.3 570.8 566.2 583.0 550.5 577.4 579.6 577.3 562.4 574.4 569.6 568.7 560.3 569.4 570.0 565.3 570.9 560.6 568.8 572.3 555.5 570.7 562.8 552.2 561.5 541.0 395.8 279.0 181.0 101.9 53.3 26.2 15.3 2008:070:01:41:56 15.3 57.3 0.0 -2.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 10.9 13.5 23.6 47.8 90.8 166.1 245.1 345.8 507.4 475.7 501.5 509.3 511.1 502.4 501.4 510.0 510.2 497.8 500.4 496.6 501.7 515.8 509.9 513.0 511.0 509.6 503.5 492.6 492.8 500.8 498.0 511.5 506.9 500.0 513.4 491.5 501.3 486.0 493.6 500.1 494.0 501.1 494.8 502.0 501.7 505.3 491.9 504.9 497.2 512.9 473.8 495.8 504.7 493.9 494.3 483.8 483.4 336.4 237.3 160.7 91.5 47.2 23.6 13.8 2008:070:01:42:05 15.1 56.4 0.0 -3.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 8.5 10.5 18.8 36.7 73.8 123.3 202.8 266.1 399.0 401.5 401.5 400.0 400.9 390.9 393.5 395.2 392.9 389.6 401.1 397.6 405.5 395.2 397.6 398.2 400.0 398.7 398.7 398.8 394.4 392.5 398.7 403.3 401.7 400.7 406.6 395.0 385.3 397.1 398.3 399.6 397.6 396.7 402.1 385.7 402.5 391.8 405.8 377.5 383.7 382.9 392.1 395.6 388.9 399.6 388.8 390.7 384.2 266.5 192.8 126.0 72.0 36.2 18.6 10.3 2008:070:01:42:12 15.1 55.4 0.0 -4.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 6.5 8.1 14.0 13.8 55.9 94.7 150.0 181.4 278.6 306.2 299.2 293.3 303.5 300.7 298.3 306.3 293.4 302.2 287.2 299.2 298.5 293.5 298.7 298.4 302.6 290.4 295.6 303.9 299.3 292.1 287.2 299.8 290.8 290.3 298.8 293.8 278.9 305.1 295.4 294.9 295.7 297.3 296.9 295.7 301.6 286.6 286.4 300.5 299.1 295.6 298.5 298.9 299.8 283.8 291.1 298.3 278.6 203.7 125.5 95.0 54.1 27.5 13.8 8.1 2008:070:01:42:19 15.1 54.4 0.0 -5.0 1414.88 0.00390625 2 64 5.0 6.1 10.9 21.8 42.8 74.4 114.0 156.5 222.7 229.4 226.4 224.4 233.8 227.7 223.5 227.8 228.5 224.3 220.5 222.6 227.0 225.0 226.6 232.4 227.2 226.2 223.6 224.6 227.8 229.8 218.5 223.0 226.2 230.8 218.0 231.1 232.6 225.8 228.2 229.2 229.0 229.1 228.2 227.9 229.1 230.0 222.4 229.0 223.6 224.0 221.1 222.1 225.4 225.1 227.9 229.4 224.2 153.5 109.8 74.2 41.5 21.6 10.5 6.3
This output file is also in plain text format, and can be imported directly into Excel or similar for analysis. Details of the data contained in each of the fields is explained in the documentation that is available for download below.
For more information on these commands, see:
Haystack University who designed the SRT
